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Sadio Mane backed by Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson after angry outburst.

Reds forward visibly annoyed with team-mate Mohamed Salah for not passing to him moments before being substituted in win over Burnley.

Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson believes Sadio Mane's angry displayin the 3-0 win over Burnley merely shows the level of competitiveness within the squad.


Mane, the scorer of Liverpool's second goal just before half-time at Turf Moor, appeared annoyed as he was substituted in the 85th minute, appearing to gesture at team-mate Mohamed Salah for not passing to him moments earlier.
Henderson and Joe Gomez were among the players to put an arm around the 27-year-old in an attempt to placate him and, after the match, manager Jurgen Klopp said everything had been smoothed over.

Henderson, however, said he was pleased to see the emotion - even if it was from the usually mild-mannered Mane.
"I've seen it now and again [from him]. Sadio is fine, he's a great lad," said the England international.
"That's just us pushing each other all the time. I think that's important. We all want to do better, we all want to improve, but we're really close and I think we can deal with that.
"I'm not sure [what set him off] to be honest. I couldn't really understand at first but then when he came in, he was laughing and joking.
"The most important thing was we got the result, Sadio knows that. He performed really well again. Him and Bobby (Firmino) were really big second ball. He had a fantastic game.
"Like I said, we want to push each other. We want to improve all the time, I quite like that now and again. I think we need it."

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